1991 AFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1991 between Essendon and Carlton during round seven of the 1991 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at Waverley Park. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Stephen Kernahan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Essendon (17.13.115) defeated Carlton (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 4 May 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Waverley Park
Attendance: 47,651

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 17.13.115 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 9 . 5 14 . 7 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Carlton 1 . 2 4 . 4 8 . 12 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin ESSE by 6 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 31 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Carlton

Captain: Stephen Kernahan
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Goldspink
B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Alan Ezard ESSE 15 3
Simon Madden ESSE 27 2
Michael Long ESSE 13 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 2 23 20 3 7 0 1 0 0
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 1 1 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 4 0 0 2 1
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 1 1
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 1 0 15 6 9 5 0 0 0 1
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 1 1 1
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 0 0 3 3 0
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 6 0 2 3 2
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 0 0 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 2 2 18 15 3 11 0 0 1 1
45 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 3 3 0
13 Long, Michael ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 2 0 2 0 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 1 15 12 3 7 8 1 1 0
12 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 2 0 3 2 3
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 1 1
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 2 7 20 19 1 9 0 0 0 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 7 8 0 1 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 7 1 1 0 6
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 1 3 1
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 4 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 13 312 212 100 84 17 20 23 22

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 0 1
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 3 3 32 21 11 6 0 1 2 0
37 Bassett, Adrian ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 5 0 0 2 1
21 Bradley, Craig ? ? 0 0 29 21 8 7 0 2 0 0
40 Cavedon, Andrew ? ? 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 1
35 Dean, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 3 2 0
3 Dennis, Richard ? ? 2 3 13 10 3 6 0 1 2 2
6 Dorotich, Jon ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 0 1
9 Edgar, Stephen ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 0 0 2 1 1
2 Fotia, Dominic ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 3 3 2
13 Hanna, Mil ? ? 0 2 13 6 7 5 0 3 0 0
25 Herman, Ian ? ? 1 0 21 12 9 5 0 4 1 2
28 Kernahan, David ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 0 1 1
4 Kernahan, Stephen (c) ? ? 2 3 16 13 3 13 3 2 0 3
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 7 15 2 3 3
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 2 0 26 15 11 5 0 1 1 1
30 Murphy, Fraser ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 1 0 1
7 Ratten, Brett ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 2 0 4 1 2
36 Rieniets, Tim ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 11 0 2 2 1
1 Silvagni, Stephen ? ? 2 1 23 15 8 9 0 3 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 16 333 211 122 98 19 36 22 23

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s